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J. C. BLOOM.

MOWER.

No. 396,023. Patented Jan. 8, 1889.

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NiTnn STATES PATENT Fries.

JOHN O. BLOOM, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO EMERSON, TALCOTT a OO., OF ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS.

MowER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,023, dated January 8, 1889.

Application filed January 27, 1887. Serial No. 225,661. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. BLOOM, residing at Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, and acitizen ofthe United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mowers, of which the following' is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan view; Fig. i?, a side elevation with one wheel removed and the shoe partly cut and broken away; Fig. 3, a detail of the inner shoe and its connections.

The object of this invention is to provide means for utilizingthe power or draft of the team in partly balancing or floating the fingerbar of a mower while being' drawn forward, so as to diminish its friction on the ground at one or both ends, and also to utilize the same power in assisting' the operator using the hand-lever to raise the linger-bar from the ground, and its nature consists inthe several parts and combinations of parts, hereinafter described and claimed as new.

In the drawings, A B represent the ordi- I nary wheels, frame, and gearing' of a mower; C, the tongue or draft-pole; D, the doubletree; E, the finger-bar; F, the inner shoe; F, a yoke; G, the pitman-rod; H, the couplingarm; I, a thrust-bar; .I J", the hand-lever, sector, and chain for elevating' the shoe; K, the hand-lever for rocking' or changing' the pitch of the finger-bar and its guards; a, sheave or pulley attached to the inner end of the yoke; l), chain or rope; c, supporting-strap for the doubletree; d, con necting-rod.

e is an arm fixed to the inner end of the yoke F, whereby thc finger-bar is rocked laterally; j', staple or hook for attaching the chain l; to the doubletree; g, standard or post located at or near the inner front end of the inner shoe; 7l, limit-stop on chain b; i, adjusting-holes in post g.

The wheels A, frame l, with its included gearing', and tongue C are of the ordinary construction of front-cut mowers. rlhe lingerbar E, with its siekles and guards, is also of the ordinary construction, but may be of greater length than that of the ordinary mower. The shoe F is also of the ordinaryconstruction, except that at or nearits inner front end the post or standard gis applied, and at or near the inner end of the yoke F the sheave or loop a is applied. The sheave or loop a may be applied to the coupling-arm H. The finger-bar is folded up lengthwise on the joint j, and rocks laterally upon the coupling-arm, upon which the shoe is sleeved. The hand-levers J K are also of the ordinary construction and operation.

The doubletree D is applied to the tongue at or about the ordinary place, and is supported below or above the tongues, as maybe most convenient. To the clevis or staple f of the doubletree the chain or wire rope b is attached, which passes throug'h the sheave a, and is attached to the post or standard g at one of the adj listing-holes 1', higher or lower, according to the height or position desired for the outer end of the finger-bar. If the chain is attached to the upper hole, less power is required to raise the outer end of the iing'er-bar with a less movement, while if placed in a lower hole more power is required, while a greater elevation of the outer end is obtained. By the use of these holes the draft can be adjusted so as to lioat the iinger-bar or relieve it from the greater part of its friction upon the ground, it being' designed to nearly balance the outer end of the fingerbar, or the entire finger-bar, by the draft of the team.

As shown, the chain is provided with a limit-stop, 7L, which comes in contact with the sheave or loop a to prevent the further passage of the chain or rope, and when the limitstop is in contact with the sheave the draft or power of the teamv is then applied to the sheave, which tends to elevate the shoe and the entire finger-bar, and by this arrangement the outer end is prevented from rising' more than a very short distance, and then both ends will be elevated together. This arrangement, in addition to diminishing the weight of the linger-bar on the ground, assists the operator by lesscning the weight on the lever J.

It will be understood that the chain or other flexible connection, l), maybe directly applied to the inner end of the shoe and serve a useful purpose, while a gag-lever, gag-spring, or other device may be used for floating or bal- IOO imcng lille onlin.' 0nd olf illu ingOi-bau, :ind also that this device in' arrangement 01;' de- Yccs may he used lfm: floating the outer @nd ol' the finger-lian by The diifoeii` zipplieali'iml to the posi g, in. Vwliivli wise the slieuve, iii' one is used, will be aiiz'lclled izo lille longue 01' it() Sinne immovable pari; 0i? ille nnuflline, :is shown in an application filed bynioNovenilmr l 5, l SRG,

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